Karachi
March 7, 2021
Although the organisers of the Aurat March (Women March) have planned to hold a sit-in at the Frere Hall in Karachi on Monday (tomorrow) to mark International Womenâs Day, different events related to the international day kicked off in the city on Saturday.
International Womenâs Day is celebrated all across the globe every year on March 8. In Karachi too, dozens of programmes are held every year with the main objective of spreading awareness of womenâs rights in society.
15-point agenda
The organisers of the Aurat March announced that this year a sit-in will be held at the Frere Hall on March 8. They warned of extending their protest if the government failed to meet the demands listed in the 15-point agenda of the Aurat March within the stipulated time frame.
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Here s a report on how thousands of Balochs who opposed Chinese investments on their land disappeared
Pakistan s injustices in Balochistan are well-documented, but with the onset of CPEC projects in the region, human rights violations have only grown.
Here s a report on how thousands of Balochs who opposed Chinese investments on their land disappeared.
Balochistan, in Pakistan s southwest, is the largest and most resource-rich province in Pakistan.
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For more than 60 years, Balochs have fought for their independence.
However, their movement has caused gross human rights abuses.
Abdul Hameed Baloch s mother stopped speaking after she got to know that her son and Abdul s brother is among the list of 5,000 people who have gone missing from the province.
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Hani Baloch and her fiance Nasim never thought of themselves as dissidents, but one day in May just weeks before their wedding the students were snatched by armed and hooded men she says were from Pakistan s security services.
The men accused the couple of being part of a terrorist organisation from Balochistan, the vast, mineral-rich southern province where the military is fighting a low-level insurgency, Hani said.
Speaking from her small apartment in the megacity of Karachi just 25 kilometres (15 miles) from the province s border Hani told AFP how they were whisked off to a secret jail.